I think the left was hoping for a very different outcome from this interview.
Kellyanne Conway appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday and addressed the allegations against disgraced and (now former) White House staff secretary Rob Porter.
“In this case, you have contemporaneous police reports, you have women speaking to the FBI under threat of perjury … you have photographs, and when you look at all of that pulled together, Rob Porter did the right thing by resigning,” Conway said.
She took it a step further and said she has “no reason not to believe the women.”
After Kellyanne Conway said “I have no reason not to believe the women” who have accused Rob Porter of domestic abuse.
Does Kellyanne Conway believe
The 19 Women who have accused Trump of sexual harassmenthttps://t.co/b1yWRAX87d— PoliticsVideoChannel (@politvidchannel) February 11, 2018
“…but we can go ahead with no reason to believe that ever happened…it does shock the conscience,” she added. “You try to process it, and you try to compare it against the person you’ve worked with.”
People say her response to this fiasco differs greatly from President Trump’s. On Saturday, President Trump tweeted about this…kinda. I’m not sure if he had Rob Porter in mind or if he was simply making a general statement.
Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused – life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018
Conway said Trump’s tweet was more of a “generic” statement, and that’s what I initially assumed.
CNN’s Jake Tapper: “Does President Trump believe the women (who accused Rob Porter)?”
Kellyanne Conway: “The President is very disturbed by what he sees” #CNNSOTU https://t.co/QF7SLefY8T
— CNN (@CNN) February 11, 2018
George Stephanopoulos also asked Conway about Trump’s response.
“There does seem to be a pattern here. When a friend or an ally — a man — of the president’s gets in trouble with these allegations of, of abuse or sexual harassment, the president’s sympathies immediately go to the man, whether it’s Bill O’Reilly or Roger Ailes or Roy Moore or Rob Porter. Why is that, and do you understand the problem that creates for the president?” he asked.
“This is a man who show great compassion and understanding for, for women on many different issues,” Conway said. “I frankly wouldn’t work there if that were not the case. I could be dozens of other places for lots of money.”
I believe that. Why on EARTH would a competent and capable woman like Conway work for a misogynist?
She wouldn’t. No conservative woman would.
“I think he’s doing a great job for America’s women. We have to look at the full picture … We are a safer, more prosperous nation — that includes all of us, including the nation’s women — because of Donald Trump’s leadership,” she added.
Conway also responded to Sen. Gillibrand’s ridiculous rant…
The President has shown through words and actions that he doesn’t value women. It’s not surprising that he doesn’t believe survivors or understand the national conversation that is happening.
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) February 10, 2018
The lives of survivors of sexual assault and domestic abuse are being shattered every day. If he wants due process for the over dozen sexual assault allegations against him, let’s have Congressional hearings tomorrow. I would support that and my colleagues should too.
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) February 10, 2018
…and it is glorious.
PRICELESS !! Kellyanne Conway shuts down ABC and says two faced enabler Gillibrand “Protected, defended and harbored “ Sexual Predator Bill Clinton LONG BEFORE she even became a senator!pic.twitter.com/O3AVrqN2KD
— 🇺🇸#ReleaseTheMemo🇺🇸 (@StockMonsterVIP) February 11, 2018
“I don’t need a lecture from Kirsten Gillibrand or anybody else who protected and defended and harbored a sitting president who had sexual relations in the Oval Office and was impeached for lying,” Conway said. “I don’t need a lecture from her or anybody else.”